Chinaโs economy could be poised for a stronger-than-anticipated rebound thatโll deliver a demand boost for oil and natural gas, according to the head of the International Energy Agency.
Once a year, the International Energy Agency attempts to impose some order on the chaotic world of oil, gas, power and carbon by publishing detailed scenarios on how the next few decades might unfold.
The coronavirus pandemic has triggered the โlargest drop in global energy investment in historyโ, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said, launching its World Energy Investment 2020 report.
Global oil demand will plunge to its lowest level in 25-years this month, in what the International Energy Agency described as a โstaggeringโ wipeout of nearly a decadeโs growth.
After a week-long marathon of calls between world leaders and video conferences featuring dozens of energy ministers, it was the moment the 2020 oil price war finally ended.
Oil held its decline from the dramatic spike earlier in the week as supply assurances from Saudi Arabia and the International Energy Agency calmed the market after the devastating weekend attacks.
Carbon emissions from fossil fuel use hit a record last year after energy demand grew at its fastest pace in a decade, reflecting higher oil consumption in the U.S. and more coal burning in China and India.